Why religion? : towards a critical philosophy of law, peace and God / Dawid Bunikowski, Alberto Puppo, editors.
Title
Why religion? : towards a critical philosophy of law, peace and God / Dawid Bunikowski, Alberto Puppo, editors.
Description
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This book examines the relation between religion and jurisprudence, God, and peace respectively. It argues that in order to elucidate the possible role religion can play in the contemporary world, it is useful to analyse religion by associating it with other concepts. Why peace? Because peace is probably the greatest promise made by religions and the greatest concern in the contemporary world. Why jurisprudence? Because, quoting Kelsens famous book Peace through Law
, peace is usually understood as something achievable by international legal instruments. But what if we replace
Peace through Law
with
Peace through Religion
? Does law, as an instrument for achieving peace, incorporate a religious dimension? Is law, ultimately, a religious and normative construction oriented to peace, to the protection of humanity, in order to keep humans from the violence of nature? Is the hope for peace rational, or just a question of faith? Is religion itself a question of faith or a rational choice? Is the relatively recent legal concept of
responsibility to protect
a secular expression of the oldest duty of humankind? The book follows the structure of interdisciplinary research in which the international legal scholar, the moral philosopher, the philosopher of religion, the theologian, and the political scientist contribute to the construction of the necessary bridges. Moreover, it gives voice to different monotheistic traditions and, more importantly, it analyses religion in the various dimensions in which it determines the authors' cultures: as a set of rituals, as a source of moral norms, as a universal project for peace, and as a political discourse.
Publisher
Springer,
Date
Contributor
Bunikowski, Dawid.
Puppo, Alberto.
SpringerLink (Online service)
Relation
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-35484-8
Format
1 online resource (xii, 297 p.)
Language
eng
Type
a
Access Rights
Publisher's Web site. Access restricted to the University of Catania community.
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-35484-8 doi
ISBN
9783030354831 (print)
3030354849
9783030354848 (electronic bk.)
9783030354831 (print)
Series
Law and Religion in a Global Context Ser. ; v.2
Law and Religion in a Global Context ; v. 2
Collection
Citation
“Why religion? : towards a critical philosophy of law, peace and God / Dawid Bunikowski, Alberto Puppo, editors.,” Lex e-books - Collana, accessed November 13, 2024, https://epub.unict.it/omeka/items/show/739.